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G.SKILL TridentZ 32GB 3200MHz DDR4 (F4-3200C15D-32GTZ) Memory Kit Review

Memory by stefan @ 2016-04-28

The 32GB dual-channel Trident Z kit from G.SKILL is carefully binned to work at the rated 3200MHz and comes with a XMP 2.0 profile, which should be compatible with the latest high-end motherboards. While the Supermicro C7Z170-OCE board did not have any issues recognizing the profile (with a small voltage glitch which was setting the voltage at 1.45V instead of the rated 1.35V and needed to be set manually) and successfully booted the system, our previously tested BIOSTAR boards could not handle the 3200MHz profile, not matter the settings we have tried, so before purchasing such a high-speed kit, make sure your CPU/mobo combo can really handle it.

Test Setup and Test Results Part I

Test Setup

CPU: Intel I5 6600K Retail

CPU Cooler: Antec Kuhler 620

Motherboard: Supermicro C7Z170-OCE

RAM: Currently tested kit

Video: HIS 380X

Power Supply: Cooler Master 850W

SSD: OCZ Vector 150

Case: Cooler Master ATCS 840

The pre-programmed timings and frequencies can be also found by using AIDA64:

Testing this 3200MHz memory kit from G.SKILL was quite a thrill, mainly because two boards we have tried it with were not able to operate it at the maximum rated speed, but only 3000MHz ( BIOSTAR Z170X Gaming and BIOSTAR Z170GT7), no matter the tried settings like more relaxed timings, modified voltages for the VCCIO, System Agent and so on. It was a pleasant surprise to see that while running this kit along with the Supermicro C7Z170-OCE board, we were able to load the default XMP profile without a hitch, in order to run the kit at its full potential. Here is the CPU-Z validation:

Validation

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We have also tried to go further in terms of speed but it was no go since all that resulted was a non-bootable system; however, if you would jump on a kit like this one and your motherboard/CPU combo won’t be able to handle it at the default 3200MHz speed, we have run the product at lower speeds too for you to see the performance differences in each and every situation:

Test Results

Synthetic Benchmarks

SuperPI XS 1.5 2MB

wPrime 32M

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